Police detain BJP MP Tejasvi Surya amid protest over ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ incident
The protest was being held over an altercation between a group of people and a shopkeeper over playing devotional song during 'Azaan' time.
The protest was being held over an altercation between a group of people and a shopkeeper over playing devotional song during 'Azaan' time.
The police in Karnataka's Shivamogga have questioned a Muslim youth who recited 'azaan' during a protest at the Deputy Commissioner's office two days ago.
K.S. Eshwarappa made a controversial remark on Azaan and asked if "Allah is deaf" that loudspeakers are required to call him.
Former Minister and BJP MLA K.S. Eshwarappa has stirred a fresh controversy in Karnataka by stating that "does Allah listen only if the Azaan prayers are played on loudspeakers".
Maharashtra Home Minister, Dilip Walse Patil will today hold a meeting with the director-general of police to instruct him to direct all police commissioners and officers on the decision.
The petitioner had challenged an administrative order in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh where the use of loudspeaker for azaan had been banned.
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The Azaan too should be accepted in the same way as the temple aarti and the Christian Angelus, that call the faithful to prayer or thank the creator for a day well-spent.
